Day 28-Postride-Fort Stevens State Park (back) to Astoria, OR-11.26 miles

We slept in a bit this morning, because…well, we didn’t have much reason to get up early. We went back down to the beach, about a mile from the campsite, watched the ocean and took some more pictures. We packed up and biked back into Astoria. We delivered the bikes and trailers to “Bikes and Beyond” for boxing and shipping. Next we had lunch and shopped for “train snacks” and reading material for the next 3 days. Back to the bike shop where we had our luggage stashed and taxied our way to the motel for the evening. This was a decompression day. The end of ride like this gives me a bitter-sweet feeling. On the sweet side, I like the feeling of accomplishment; of closing a 3 year project, of seeing the ocean as Lewis and Clark, but on the bitter side, I will miss the anticipation of seeing new sites; tackling new challenges; of meeting interesting people. Remember, my philosophy has always been that everyday is the goal, not just the destination.

The next 3 days will be travel days. One of the nice things about taking the train is that we will get to retrace some of our route and see it from a different perspective, and we will be able to see new sights as well. That should prove to be interesting.

This adventure has been a great experience! Thanks to all who have followed along with us!!

Hmmmm…what will be the next adventure???

-clarkwheel

This completes the student questions. Students, you will have until midnight, Aug. 4, 2006 to send your answers to us.